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Can I sponsor someone for fiance visa or spousal visa as a registered sex offender against an adult victim?

I committed a sex offense 14 years ago against an 18 year old women. I am on the registry at level 3. I met my fiance online 7 months ago and we have.

ImmigrationMassachusetts1 attorney answer

How can I fix C18 status, ICE asked me to get a one way ticket for June 2019. I have my US citizen mother petitioning for me.

I have a C18 status, EAD, SS card and driver's license, my US citizen mother is petitioning for me (over 21) and we are waiting for that. on my last.

ImmigrationFlorida3 attorney answers

Immigration

My husband case denied under Periera v Sessions. Judge's decision was appealed due to error. Can my husband renew his drivers license? What would he n

ImmigrationFlorida2 attorney answers

Can i travel on advance parole?

I came into the united states in 2010 with an F1 visa which ended in in 2014 after i graduated. I married a us citizen but in 2014 but that didn't wor

ImmigrationTexas5 attorney answers

Can my husband who is from Egypt get a tourist visa to Mexico while waiting for spousal visa to get approved?

My husband is from Egypt. We filed a spousal visa, it has been a year and a half of waiting and currently our papers have been sent back to USCIS. I a

ImmigrationTexas2 attorney answers

Can i have my case terminated and file for adjustment of status since i have an approved I-130?

I was ordered removed by IJ in 2016, while waiting to be removed, i was diagonised with colon cancer and was released on order of supervision in may o

ImmigrationNew Jersey3 attorney answers

If i start spousal visa, marry in pakistan will i be able to stay in the USA sooner than if we file fiance visa. (How and cost)?

I am trying to decide what visa to file either the fiance or spousal visa because we are engaged & plan to marry then live in USA. How & what will it.

ImmigrationNebraska2 attorney answers

If any further setback ?

After my husband has been called at the police station now they sent him a msg that he has not been charged for bigamy so now we re relieved.

ImmigrationWashington1 attorney answer

Is it possible that K1 visa was refused already and then later on the case status is now under administrative processing?

If K1 visa was refused, does it mean denied? The reason was failure to establish bonafide relationship so no appeal but instead they got married. It w

ImmigrationCalifornia2 attorney answers

Approved PERM, I-140 RFE, 6 years H1B expires soon. Can I apply for new PERM and then I140 in 7th year H1B ?

I am in 6th year of H1B visa. I have an approved PERM filed more than 365 days before 6 years on H1B complete. I have an RFE on I-140. It is filed und

ImmigrationCalifornia4 attorney answers

Can I file for permanent residency while my case is under appeal with the immigration Board.I got married to a US citizen

I got married to a US citizen in 2016 but did not apply for permanent residency.Now am facing deportation as a result of overstaying my Visa and sin

ImmigrationConnecticut1 attorney answer

What role does a deportation officer play?

My husband is detained at the ice facility we have been married for 3 years. I just filled for an emergency stay of removal i think that is what it’s.

ImmigrationFlorida1 attorney answer

My I601 for my husband recently was denied. Is there a good chance of still getting it approved?

My husband was charged for a crime involving moral turpitude for which he was given an 8 month sentence. He hasn’t served his time yet because he file

ImmigrationMaryland2 attorney answers

What to do if the NVS calculates "lawful Presence" incorrectly?

While in the US on a visa waiver my immigration date became available and I filed an I-485 requesting a change to lawful immigrant status. (My I-130.

Immigration2 attorney answers

After final deportation order, is there any other petitions we can file to keep my husband here in the USA?

My husband has had a final order of deportation since 1996. Laos will not accept him because he is not documented since he was a child. He was railroa

ImmigrationMassachusetts2 attorney answers

Wife deported

After a hard struggle my wife was deported this morning. She had already filed a 42B but ICE denied her stay of removal. The form was filed this week.

ImmigrationTexas1 attorney answer

Can i apply for stay of removal to the court?

My lawyer said at this time is hard to gon in to ice office to do my stay of deportation ... what i have to do ... can i apply to the court? Second c

ImmigrationNew York4 attorney answers

Can i apply for stay of deportation..to the second circuit ?if am appealing Or has to be in the ice office?

Im going to appeal to the second circuit since the BIA did not solve my case my lawyer said is unfair desicion on my case ... my question is that if I

ImmigrationNew York1 attorney answer

Can a Paralegal attend an InfoPass Appointment?

The attorney of record cannot attend. I am his paralegal. We have clients who need an infopass appointment for information regarding an I-94 from 2014

ImmigrationTexas3 attorney answers

I601 waiver

I recently find out because of the new law that I cannot administrativly close my asylum case . Can i still apply for waiver I601A since i was approv

ImmigrationNew York3 attorney answers

How long does it normally take for a decision for a motion to reopen? If granted, how long is it to get a bond hearing?

My husband is currently detained since early May, he has been there about for 7 weeks now on an absentia order due to not having proper notification o

ImmigrationMinnesota2 attorney answers

My boyfriend's asylum application got denied and he is subject for removal. Can he adjust his status by marriage?

My boyfriend came to the U.S. on a B-2 Visa in 2001. During his visit here, some incidents in his home country prompted him to apply for asylum. A few

ImmigrationCalifornia4 attorney answers

Are we subject for deportation with a final order of removal but with pending judicial review?

This is an immigration issue. We as a family entered the US with visitors’ visas and overstayed. We applied for Asylum, W. and CAT. Our case is now un

ImmigrationFlorida3 attorney answers

How long does it usually take for a decision on a request for stay?

My husband was detained at a regular check in at our local USCIS office they said it was because his case wasnt progressing fast enough. I filed a sta

ImmigrationMaryland2 attorney answers
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